Chapter 10.20 — TURNING
Barstow Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Barstow
State Law reference— Power of local authority to place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections to regulate or prohibit turning movements at such intersections, Vehicle Code § 22101; authority of city to enact ordinances prohibiting the making of any turning movement by any vehicle at any intersection or between any designated intersections, Vehicle Code § 22113.
Sec. 10.20.010. - Authority to place turning markers; intersections; multiple lanes.¶
The city engineer is authorized to place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and the city engineer is authorized to locate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right- or left-hand turns, and the course to be traveled as indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law or ordinance with the advice and consent of the planning commission.
(Code 1969, § 10.20.010; Ord. No. 256, § 5, 1967; Ord. No. 746, § 4(part), 1999)
Sec. 10.20.020. - Authority to place restricted turn signs.¶
The city engineer is authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U-turn, and shall, with the advice and consent of the planning commission, place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day
and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when such turns are permitted.
(Code 1969, § 10.20.020; Ord. No. 256, § 5.1, 1967; Ord. No. 746, § 4(part), 1999)
Sec. 10.20.030. - Signal controlled intersections; right turns.¶
(a)
No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn against a red or stop signal at any intersection which is sign posted giving notice of such restriction as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
The city engineer shall, with the advice and consent of the planning commission, post appropriate signs giving effect to this section where he determines that the making of right turns against traffic signal "stop" indication would seriously interfere with the safe and orderly flow of traffic.
(Code 1969, § 10.20.030; Ord. No. 256, § 5.2, 1967; Ord. No. 746, § 4(part), 1999)
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